[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Bug#849963: Bug#849963: tigervnc-standalone-server: Syntax error in /usr/bin/tigervncserver

[Joachim Falk]

Dear Maik,

Am 02.01.2017 um 18:22 schrieb Maik Zumstrull:
> Package: tigervnc-standalone-server
> Version: 1.7.0-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> In line 705, in the code path for the -fg option, the script does:
> 
> system $cmd[0] (@cmd);
> 
> This will lead to a "Can't use string as a subroutine ref" error with
> current Perl releases. The correct syntax is
I am on it. I am also in the process of updating our start
script for proper X509None, X509Vnc, X509Plain support. I will
see if we can auto generate a certificate for such uses if not
already present or specified on the command line.

> 
> system { $cmd[0] } (@cmd);
> 
> or
> 
> system { $cmd[0] } @cmd;
> 
> The final parentheses are optional but not harmful. The braces are very
> not optional. In defense of the author, the Perl documentation for
> "system" doesn't indicate this at all; it's in the documentation for the
> related "exec" function.
> 
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Regards,
Joachim Falk

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